Republicans back lawsuit to overturn FDA approval of abortion pill and pull the medication from U.S. market – By Spencer Kimball (CNBC) / Feb 10, 2023
- 22 Republican attorneys general and 67 GOP members of Congress backed a suit seeking to overturn FDA approval of the abortion pill.
- A coalition of mostly Democratic attorneys general said pulling the pill from the U.S. would be devastating for women.
- Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk set a key deadline in the case for Feb. 24.
Democratic and Republican attorneys general squared off on Friday in dueling arguments over an attempt by anti-abortion physicians to pull the abortion pill, mifepristone, from the U.S. market.
New York led a coalition of 22 attorneys general who argued that pulling the pill would have “devastating consequences” for women. Mississippi led 22 Republican attorneys general who argued that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone is “deeply flawed.”
The dueling arguments are part of an escalating federal court battle in Texas over a lawsuit filed by anti-abortion physicians last November, which seeks to overturn the FDA’s more than two-decade-old approval of mifepristone.
